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It seems like every day brings a new person, be they CAPS players, financial "journalist," or investor, who talks about the inevitable runup in the price of gold to ($2000, $5000, $infinity). The articles and blogs go on and on about how you are (lowercase) foolish to not have a portion of your portfolio in gold. I've seen recommendations that you should have between 10 and 20 percent of your net worth in gold. [more]